Universal support.



J. F. SNOW.

UNIVERSAL SUPPORT.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 15, 190s.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

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JAMES FRANK SNOW, OF IDAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

UNIVERSAL SUPPORT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1908.

Patented-Jan. 19, 1909.-

Serial N0. 438,444.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES FRANK SNOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Universal Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an im` provement in supports and more particularly to an improvement in universal supports adapted to universally support or suspend a chair, berth or hammock from the over-head deck of a boat or other object having a plurality of variable motions.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a universal support for chairs, berths, or hammocks, said support being adapted to hold a person in a sitting or reclining position without reference to the position the object to which the support is secured may assume.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a universal support adapted to universally support a chair, berth or hammock from the over-head deck of a v boat or other moving object, said support having details of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 is a vertical front view of my improved universal support, showing a chair supported by or suspended from the support to illustrate the adaptability of the same. Fig. 2 is a vertical side view of the support. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the upper end of one of the supporting arms. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the lower end of one of the supporting arms, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of part of the central supporting member. j

In the drawings, a indicates the overhead deck of a boat or other moving object to which the support is secured, b the universal support, and c a chair supported by or suspended from the support b. The universal support b consists of a central vertical member 6 having the side studs 7 7 and the back stud 8 adjacent the top, the fixed side arms 9 9 under the studs, the pivoted side arms 10 10 under the arms 9 9 and having the overlapping inner ends 11 11 pivotally secured to the lower end of the central member 6, the side pockets 12 12 in which are coiled springs 13 13 engaging with the overlapping ends 1l 11 of the arms 10 10,

and coiled springs 14 14 secured at each end to the ends of the arms 9 and 10, and a series of curved rods 15 15 having the hinge joints 16 16 on their upper ends secured to the over-head deck a and the hinge joints 17 17 on their lower ends pivotally secured to the side and back studs 7 7 and 8, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. rIhe chair c has the seat 18, the foot rest 19, the back 20, the side arms 21 21, and vertical supports 22 secured at their lower ends to the seat 18 and side arms 21 21, and at their upper ends to the ends of the pivoted arms 10 10 in any well known way.

In the use of my improved universal support the over-head deck a may assume the positions as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, or any one of an iniinite number of positions, without changing the position of the chair, as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2. The coiled springs 13 and 14 give the required amount of resiliency to the chair and this resiliency may be further augmented by constructing the fixed arms 9 9 in the form of spring arms.

It is evident that any means may be used for resiliently supporting or suspending the chair c or other object from the universal support b without materially affecting the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A universal support comprising a central member, a series of radial rods having pivot joints on their upper ends adapted to be secured to an over-head moving object, and pivot joints on their lower ends pivotally secured to the central member, and means for resiliently suspending a chair or similar article from the central member of the support.

2. A universal support comprising a central vertical member having studs on the sides and back, a series of radial rods having pivot joints on their upper ends adapted to be secured to an over-head moving object and pivot joints on their lower ends pivotally secured to the studs on the central member, and means for resiliently suspending a chair or similar article from the central member of the support.

3. A universal support comprising a central vertical member having studs on the sides and back, arms having overlapping inner ends pivotally secured to the central member, pockets in the central member and coiled springs in the pockets engaging with the inner ends of the arms, a series of upwardly-extending radial rods having pivot joints on their lower ends pivotally secured to the studs on the sides and back of the central member and pivotJ joints on their upper ends adapted to be secured to an over-head moving object, and a chair or similar article secured to the outer ends of the pivotedV arms of the support.

4. A universal support comprising a central vertical member having studs on the sides and back, rigid arms on the sides, arms .having overlapping inner ends pivotally secured to the central member, pockets in the central member, coiled springs in the pockets engaging with the inner ends of the pivoted arms, coiled springs connected with the ends of the rigid and pivoted arms, a series of upwardly extending radial rods having pivot joints on their lower ends pivotally secured to the studs on the sides and back of the central member and pivot joints on their upper ends adapted to be secured to an over-head moving object, and 'a chair or similar article secured to the outer ends of the pivoted arms of the support.

the coiled springs 14 14 secured to the ends of the fixed and pivoted arms 9 and 10, and a series of curved rods 15 15 having the hinge joints 16 16 on their upper ends adapted to be secured to an over-head moving object, and the hinge joints 17 17 on their lower ends pivotally secured to the side and back studs 7 7 and 8, and means on the ends of the pivoted arms 10 10 for suspending a chair or similar article from the arms, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. FRANK SNOW. `Witnesses ADAE. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER. 

